Motor-driven therapeutic apparatus

Abstract

The therapeutic apparatus of the present invention includes a portable case having a hollow interior for housing a motion-generating case or housing wherein the front end of the assembly is provided with an elongated slot for extending an elongated rod therethrough. The rod is provided with a resilient foam collar over which is mounted a penetration member adapted to penetrate a selected body orifice for providing sexual stimulation, gratification and pleasure. The motion-generating assembly within the hollow interior of the portable enclosure includes both a horizontal motion-generating assembly and a suspension assembly for producing a generally variable vertical up and down component to the motion provided by the horizontal drive assembly. An electric motor is used to drive an eccentric disk. A yoke positioned on the disk is adapted to move the elongated rod reciprocally back and forth in a generally horizontal direction. A suspension yoke positions the eccentric disk assembly in space and is suspended from the top end of a resilient support post which provides a vertical up and down component to the horizontal motion previously described. The combination of the two motions provide for continually varying strokes having different angles of penetration and angles of withdrawl for greatly increased sexual satisfaction.

I claim: 
     
       1. A therapeutic apparatus for relieving stress, tension, anxiety and sexual frustration in both women and men, while simultaneously providing sexual stimulation and pleasure, comprising: an elongated rod having a front end portion and a rear end portion;   a resilient foam cover means for covering at least said front end portion of said elongated rod, said resilient foam cover means including a front end portion and a rear end portion;   an elongated penetration sheath means adapted to be removably received over at least said front end portion of said resilient foam cover means for producing a sheath-covered operative end portion;   a motion-generating assembly including: (1) a first means for horizontally reciprocating said elongated rod to drive said sheath-covered front end portion of said rod into and out of a user's selected body orifice; and   (2) a second, separate and distinct means for freely suspending said first means in space and for simultaneously producing an erratic up and down vertical component of motion for erratically varying the angle of thrust and the angle of withdrawal of said sheath-covered front end portion of said elongated rod for substantially improved results.     
     
     
       2. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 further including housing means for substantially enclosing at least said rear end portion of said elongated rod and all of said motion-generating assembly therein. 
     
     
       3. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 2 wherein said housing means includes: a generally rectangular base member having a relatively flat upper surface and a lower surface;   a front panel having opposite sides and a top;   a rear panel having opposite sides and a top;   cover means operatively extending from the longitudinal sides of said base member, along said opposite sides of said front and rear panels, and over the tops thereof for producing an enclosed case having a substantially hollow interior;   fastener means for operatively securing said cover means to said base member and to said front and rear panels; and   an elongated slot operatively disposed in said front panel and vertically oriented for reciprocally receiving said rear end portion of said elongated rod therethrough.   
     
     
       4. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 3 wherein said cover means includes a generally transparent material. 
     
     
       5. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 4 wherein said generally transparent material includes a relatively clear see-through transparent material. 
     
     
       6. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 3 wherein said hollow interior of said enclosed case includes a storage area for temporarily receiving and storing at least one of said sheath means therein, and wherein at least one of said base member, front panel, rear panel, and cover means includes means for accessing said storage area for at least one of storing said at least one sheath means and removing same for use. 
     
     
       7. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 6 wherein said at least one sheath means includes a plurality of different and distinct sheath means for different and distinct uses and sensations. 
     
     
       8. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 3 wherein said hollow interior of said enclosed case includes sound-producing means. 
     
     
       9. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 8 wherein said soundproducing means includes at least one of a radio, tape unit, minitape unit, and compact disk player or CD. 
     
     
       10. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 9 wherein said soundproducing means further includes at least one of speakers and earphone speaker means. 
     
     
       11. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod is relatively rigid. 
     
     
       12. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 11 wherein said elongated rod includes metal. 
     
     
       13. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod includes a resiliant material. 
     
     
       14. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 13 wherein said resilient material includes an elastomeric plastic material which is at least bendable. 
     
     
       15. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod is generally hollow cylindrical member and includes a first portion having a first diameter, a second portion having a second diameter, wherein said first diameter is greater than said second diameter, and wherein said second diameter portion is adapted to be longitudinally slidably received within said hollow interior of said first diameter portion for selectively varying the length of said elongated rod. 
     
     
       16. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 15 wherein said elongated rod further includes locking means for adjustably securing said second diameter portion at a given distance within said hollow interior of said first diameter portion and locking same for length adjustment purposes. 
     
     
       17. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said elongated rod includes means for selectively adjusting the longitudinal length thereof. 
     
     
       18. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said resilient foam cover means includes a hollow cylindrical foam member which is resiliently bendable and soft to the touch. 
     
     
       19. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 18 wherein said hollow cylindrical foam member is closed at its front end portion and open at its rear end portion. 
     
     
       20. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 18 wherein the front end portion of said hollow cylindrical foam member is not received over the front end portion of said elongated rod but extends outwardly therefrom to provide additional flexibility and bendability and a more natural feel to the sheath means received thereover. 
     
     
       21. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said sheath means is shaped like an erect male penis. 
     
     
       22. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said sheath means includes a cleanable, relatively sterile, and generally resilient material. 
     
     
       23. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 22 wherein said sheath means includes a latex-type rubber-like material. 
     
     
       24. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said sheath means includes a plurality of generally resilient, interchangeable penetration members for providing a plurality of different and distinct uses, sensations, and effects. 
     
     
       25. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 wherein said first motion-generating means includes: a rotatable shaft;   means mounted on said rotatable shaft for horizontally and reciprocally driving said elongated rod as said shaft rotates;   means for operatively coupling said rear end portion of said elongated rod to said shaft-mounted means; and   means for rotatably driving said shaft.   
     
     
       26. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 25 wherein said shaftmounted means includes: an eccentric disc having an elongated slot diagonally through the center thereof and extending a greater distance to one side of said center than to the opposite side thereof, said slot being adapted to receive said rotatable shaft therethrough; and   means for mounting said eccentric disc on said rotatable shaft such that said shaft passes through a portion of said elongated slot which is off the center of said disc.   
     
     
       27. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 26 wherein said means for rotatably driving said shaft includes a pair of pulleys mounted on said shaft on opposite sides of said eccentric disc and means for securing said pulleys and said disc together to sandwich said eccentric disc between said pulleys. 
     
     
       28. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 27 wherein said means for rotatably driving said shaft includes: motor means for rotatably driving said rotatable drive shaft; and   means for coupling said rotatable drive shaft to each of said pulleys for rotatably driving said pulley therewith.   
     
     
       29. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 27 wherein said motor means includes a DC motor and at least one of a set of rechargable battery means and an AC adapter means for driving said DC motor. 
     
     
       30. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 28 wherein said motor means includes an AC motor. 
     
     
       31. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 30 wherein said AC motor is a variable speed motor and includes an electrical cord having one end electrically coupled to said AC motor and its opposite end including an electrical plug adapted to be inserted into a conventional electric outlet for powering said motor. 
     
     
       32. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 28 wherein said means for coupling said rotatable motor means drive shaft to each of said pulleys includes a pair of spaced apart motor pulleys operatively mounted on said motor drive shaft and a pair of pulley drive means operatively coupling said pair of motor drive pulleys to said pair of shaft-mounted pulleys for rotatably driving same. 
     
     
       33. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 27 wherein said means for operatively coupling said rear end portion of said elongated rod to said shaft-mounted means includes a generally Y-shaped yoke means having its relatively short base at least one of connected to and integral with the rear end portion of said elongated rod, and a pair of rearwardly extending arms originating at said base, each of the distal rear end portions of said pair of rearwardly extending arms having eyelet means adapted to be operatively received over said rotatable shaft and disposed a predetermined distance outward of said pair of pulleys mountED thereon. 
     
     
       34. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 27 wherein said apparatus includes a mounting base member and wherein said second motiongenerating means includes: an elongated support post having a lower end portion adapted to be relatively rigid and removably secured to said base member, a generally resilient top end portion, and an intermittent arcuately curved, forwardly disposed, bendable portion; and   hanger means operatively coupled to the top end portion of said support post for vertically suspending said shaft-mounted means therefrom such that the resiliency of said top and intermediate portions of said support post enable said suspended shaft-mounted means to move erratically vertically up and down for changing the thrust and withdrawl angles of said sheath-covered front end portion of said rod.   
     
     
       35. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 34 wherein said hanger means includes: a pair of upwardly curved, hook-like members operatively mounted on said top end portion of said support post;   a generally inverted, U-shaped yoke means having a closed upper end portion and a pair of downwardly disposed, elongated, spacially separated leg portions extending vertically downward therefrom, said pair of elongated leg portions having an upper integrally joined portion, an intermediate portion and a pair of downwardly disposed distal end portions, each of said distal end portions including eyelet means adapted to be operatively received over opposite ends of said rotatable shaft and being operably disposed thereon outwardly of said eyelet means of said Y-shaped yoke means, and a pair of downwardly-curved hook-like members operatively disposed along said intermediate portion of said downwardly distended leg portions; and   a pair of resilient band means operatively coupling said pair of upwardly curved hook-like members of said support post to said downwardly curved hook-like members of said inverted U-shaped yoke means for freely suspending said eccentric disk, said pulleys, said drive shaft and said Y-shaped yoke means therefrom.   
     
     
       36. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 34 wherein said rotatable shaft includes a pin member having an elongated cylindrical body, an enlarged head at one end thereof, and an aperture disposed adjacent the opposite end, said aperture being adapted to receive a fastener means therein for securing said eccentric disc, said pulleys, and said eyelet means on said rotatable shaft for rotation therewith. 
     
     
       37. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 1 further including: housing means for providing an enclosed hollow interior and including a front having a generally vertical, central, elongated slot means for communicating said hollow interior with the housing exterior; and   wherein said first motion-generating means includes: a main drive shaft;   an eccentric wheel having an elongated diagonal slot passing through the center thereof, said slot being adapted to receive said main drive shaft therethrough at a location displaced radially outward of said center to provide an eccentric motion effect as said main drive shaft rotates;   a pair of first pulley means adapted to be mounted on said main drive shaft on opposite sides of said eccentric wheel for rotation with said main drive shaft;   means for securing said pair of first pulley means to opposite sides of said main drive shaft on said eccentric wheel for rotation therewith;   a motor drive shaft;   motor means for rotatably driving said motor drive shaft;   a pair of motor pulley means operatively mounted in a space relationship on said motor drive shaft for rotation therewith;   belt means operatively mounted on each of said pair of motor pulley means and a corresponding one of each of said pair of said first pulley means, respectively, for rotatably driving said main drive shaft and the elements mounted thereon; and   wherein said second motion-generating means includes means for elastically suspending said first motion-generating means freely in space and substantially entirely within said hollow interior of said housing.     
     
     
       38. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 37 wherein said housing means further includes: a bottom having a surface adapted to be placed on a substantially flat surface and a top surface disposed substantially entirely within the hollow interior of said housing;   a rear disposed opposite said front and shaped substantially identically thereto; and   a top operatively disposed over the sides and tops of said front and said rear for enclosing said hollow interior, said top including a relatively clear plastic means for enabling said hollow interior to be visually observed therethrough.   
     
     
       39. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 38 wherein said second motion-generating means and said means for elastically suspending said first motion-generating means includes: a generally vertical support member having a relatively rigid lower end portion adapted to be anchored to said base of said housing and a relatively flexible and resiliently bendable upper end portion arcuately curved toward and operatively disposed over said first motion-generating means;   first fastening means operatively disposed adjacent said distal top end portion of said support member;   an inverted, generally U-shaped member having a pair of downwardly distending, symetrically opposite, spacially separated, elongated legs each having a top end portion, an intermediate portion, and a lower distal end portion, and an arcuately integral intermediate portion interconnecting said top end portions of said elongated legs;   second fastening means operatively carried by said intermediate portion of each of said pair of elongated legs; and   connector means operatively disposed on said lower distal end portions of each of said legs for operatively connecting same to said main drive shaft fastening means of said support member and said second fastening means of said inverted, generally U-shaped member for hangably suspending said first motion-generating means freely in space within said hollow interior of said housing means so as to generate a generally vertical, up and down elastic motion component to the reciprocating motion of said elongated rod as said main drive shaft rotates.   
     
     
       40. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 39 wherein said motion-generating assembly further includes: a generally Y-shaped yoke means for operatively coupling said rear end portion of said elongated rod to said first means, said yoke means including an outwardly disposed central leg and a pair of inwardly disposed diverging arm members, each of said arm members being spacially separated from one another and including a shaft connection means for operatively mounting the distal inner ends of each of said arms to opposite ends of said main drive shaft for rotation therewith, said coupling means being operatively mounted on opposite sides of said main drive shaft-mounted first pulley means, and outwardly thereof but inwardly of said connector means of said inverted U-shaped member and means for operatively coupling the distal end portion of said central leg to said rear end portion of said elongated rod for reciprocally driving same with a vertically up and down component of motion for varying the angle of thrust and the angle of withdrawal of the front end portion of said elongated rod as it passes into and out of the user's selected body orifice.   
     
     
       41. A therapeutic sex machine for use by sexually-frustrated persons comprising: a box-like housing having a base, a front portion, a rear portion, a pair of opposite side portions, and covering means operatively disposed over said front, rear and opposite side portions for providing a substantially enclosed hollow interior;   said front portion including means for forming an aperture therethrough;   a first rotatable drive shaft;   an eccentric wheel including means for mounting said wheel eccentrically on said first rotatable drive shaft;   means for rotatably driving said first rotatable drive shaft and said eccentric wheel mounted thereon;   an elongated, generally horizontally disposed, rod-like member having a front end portion and a rear end portion;   means for operatively coupling said rear end portion of said elongated rod-like member through said aperture of said front portion of said box-like housing and to said first rotatable drive shaft for moving said elongated rod-like member reciprocally back and forth in a generally horizontal manner as said eccentric wheel rotates about its eccentric axis;   means for spacially suspending said eccentric wheel and said first rotatable drive shaft vertically within said hollow interior of said housing and for simultaneously imparting an erratic, vertical, up and down movement thereto for varying the angle of thrust and the angle of withdrawal of said elongated rod-like member for enhanced stimulation and pleasure;   a generally resilient, foam-like, substantially hollow sleeve means operatively covering at least said front end portion of said elongated rod-like member to provide a natural feel thereto, said resilient foam-like sleeve means having an open rear end portion for communicating with said hollow interior thereof and being adapted to telescopically receive therein at least said front end portion of said elongated rod-like member and said sleeve means also having a front, orifice-penetrating end; and   sheath means having a closed front end portion, an open rear end portion, and a substantially hollow interior and being adapted to have said open rear end portion removably and telescopically received over said sleeve-covered front end portion of said elongated rod-like member for providing sexual stimulation, relaxation, and pleasure to the user thereof.   
     
     
       42. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 41 wherein said means for rotatably driving said first rotatable drive shaft and said eccentric wheel mounted thereon includes: a second drive shaft;   motor means for rotatably driving said second drive shaft;   a first pair of pulleys operatively mounted at spaced apart positions on said second drive shaft for rotation therewith;   a second pair of pulleys operatively mounted on said first rotatable drive shaft on opposite sides of said eccentric wheel;   fastener means for securing said second pair of pulleys toward one another so as to sandwich said eccentric wheel therebetween for rotational movement therewith on said first rotatable drive shaft;   a first belt-like drive means operatively coupling a first one of said first pair of pulleys to a corresponding first one of said second pair of pulleys, respectively; and   a second belt-like drive means operatively coupling a second one of said first pair of pulleys to a corresponding second one of said second pair of pulleys.   
     
     
       43. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 42 wherein said suspending means further includes: a vertically upright support post having a bottom end portion and means for anchoring said bottom end portion to said base of said box-like housing, a top end portion, and an intermediate portion therebetween, at least said top end portion and said intermediate portion being generally flexible and resilient, said top end portion being arcuately disposed forward of said rear portion of said housing and generally over and above said eccentric wheel;   fastening means operatively coupling the top end portion of said support post to said first rotatable drive shaft for producing a generally vertical up and down movement thereof as said first rotatable drive shaft rotates;   an inverted U-shaped member having an integral closed portion and a pair of spacially separated leg portions distending downwardly therefrom, each of said leg portions terminating in eyelet means adapted to be received over opposite ends of said first rotatable drive shaft on opposite sides of said second pair of pulleys and spaced outwardly therefrom; and   means for resiliently hangably suspending said inverted U-shaped from said top end portion of said support post for resilient suspension purposes.   
     
     
       44. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 43 wherein said top end portion of said support post includes: a pair of generally, upwardly turned, hook-like members operably disposed on opposite sides thereof and wherein said intermediate portion of said pair of leg portions of said inverted U-shaped member include a second pair of downwardly turned hook-like members; and   wherein said suspending means includes: a pair of generally resilient elastic band means, one of said band means being adapted to be connected between one of said pair of hook-like members disposed on said top end portion of said support post and a corresponding one of said pair of hook-like members disposed on said intermediate portion of said pair of leg portions while the opposite one of said pair of elastic band means is adapted to be connected between the other one of said pair of hook-like members disposed on said top end portions of said support post and a corresponding opposite one of said pair of hook-like members disposed on said intermediate portion of said pair of leg portions, respectively, for resiliently hangably suspending said inverted U-shaped member from said support post so as to produce a substantially generally vertical, substantially erratic, up and down component of said reciprocal motion for changing the angle of penetration and the angle of withdrawal of said elongated rod-like member as said eccentric wheel rotates.     
     
     
       45. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 42 wherein said means for operatively coupling said rear end portion of said elongated rod-like member to said first rotatable drive shaft includes a generally Y-shaped yoke means having an elongated leg portion and a pair of spacially diverging arm portions, means for operatively connecting the distal end portion of said leg portion to said rear end portion of said elongated rod-like member, each of said arm portions terminating in eyelet means for operatively coupling same on opposite sides of said second pulley means on said first rotatable drive shaft outwardly of said pulley means and inwardly of said eyelet means of said inverted U-shaped member, said Y-shaped yoke means for suspending said elongated rod-like member in a generally horizontal position and reciprocally driving same back and forth as said first rotatable drive shaft turns. 
     
     
       46. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 41 wherein said covering means includes at least one of a transparent and translucent see-through type material. 
     
     
       47. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 41 wherein said sheath means is in the shape of an erect male penis and possesses substantially the feel and texture thereof. 
     
     
       48. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 41 wherein said sheath means includes at least one of a simulated male penis, and an elongated member having at least one of rubber-like wavy indentations, ridges, ripples, bumps, grooves, spikes, ring-like segments, curves, angles, stimulators, tickler tips, heads, collars, rings, ribs, anal extentions, anal probes, anal fingers, multiple ridges, extendors, double-pronged ends, bulbous heads, simulated veins, long thin extensions, short thin extensions, and the like. 
     
     
       49. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 41 wherein said hollow interior of said housing is adapted to removably carry a parality of different and distinct sheath means for different and distinct uses, sensations and pleasures and wherein said housing further includes means for accessing same. 
     
     
       50. The threapeutic sex machine of claim 41 wherein at least the front end portion of said elongated rod is flexibly bendable. 
     
     
       51. The therapeutic sex apparatus of claim 41 wherein said elongated rod-like member is longitudinally adjustable in length. 
     
     
       52. The therapeutic sex machine of claim 41 wherein said eccentric wheel includes a relatively straight, elongated, diagonal slot through the center of said eccentric wheel and means for removably securing said first rotatable drive shaft within said elongated slot at different and distinct distances from the center of said eccentric wheel for controlling the eccentricity thereof for producing different degrees of back and forth reciprocal movement and for selectively varying the stroke length. 
     
     
       53. A therapeutic apparatus for relieving sexual frustrations in various persons comprising: housing means having a substantially hollow interior;   an elongated member having a front end portion and a rear end portion;   means operatively carried by said front end portion of said elongated member for achieving sexual penetration;   means operatively coupled to the rear end portion of said elongated member for producing a generally horizontal back and forth reciprocal movement of said elongated member;   means for operatively suspending said movement-producing means in space for imparting an erratic component of vertical up and down motion thereto for eccentrically varying the angle of sexual penetration and the angle of withdrawal of said penetration means for greatly enhancing the effect thereof; and   means for operatively mounting at least said reciprocal movement-producing means and said suspending means substantially entirely within said hollow interior of said housing means.   
     
     
       54. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 53 wherein said housing means includes: a bottom panel;   a front panel including a vertically oriented aperture centrally disposed along the vertical axis thereof;   a back panel;   said front and back panels each having side edges and an upper edge;   cover means operatively disposed above said bottom panel and over the side edges and upper edge of said front and back panels for forming said hollow interior; and   wherein said movement-producing means and said suspending means are housed substantially totally within said hollow interior of said housing means.   
     
     
       55. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 54 wherein said cover includes a generally clear plastic material for enabling the user to visually observe the hollow interior of said housing. 
     
     
       56. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 53 wherein said means for achieving penetration include: a generally cylindrical, hollow foam-like sleeve adapted to be slip-fitted over at least the front end portion of said elongated member; and   a male sex organ-simulating member having a closed front end portion, an open rear end portion and a generally hollow interior adapted to be removably slip-fitted over at least the front end portion of said foam-like sleeve.   
     
     
       57. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 53 wherein said means for producing a generally horizontal reciprocal motion includes: a motor having a motor drive shaft;   a main drive shaft;   an eccentric wheel operatively mounted on said main drive shaft for rotation therewith;   means operatively coupling said motor drive shaft to said main drive shaft for rotating same;   means for attaching the rear end portion of said elongated member to said eccentric wheel on said main drive shaft for imparting a generally horizontal, reciprocating, back and forth motion to said elongated member.   
     
     
       58. The therapeutic apparatus of claim 57 wherein said means for suspending includes: a generally upright support means having a lower end portion operatively secured to said bottom panel and a generally resilient flexible and bendable top end portion operatively disposed above and over said eccentric wheel; and   hanger means operatively coupling said top end portion of said upright support means to said main drive shaft for freely suspending same spacially within said hollow interior of said housing and for simultaneously producing a generally vertical up and down component of motion for varying the angle of penetration and the angle of withdrawal of said elongated member as it reciprocates back and forth through its cycle.